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<blockquote data-quote="Per SÃ¸vik" data-source="post: 84485" data-attributes="member: 1285">Re: out of my depthIf you are referring to the FH1 W-bins, they are not really subs as we think of subs today and will not survive any power below a sensibly high-passed kick-drum. The LAB300 will easily overpower them. The sound you heard could either be the drivers bottoming out or the already damaged and sticking coil occasionally moving when given enough power.Survival of the remaining three would depend on a high pass no lower than 40Hz (preferrably higher for max power applications) and avoiding the temptation to outrun or even keep up with the JBLs. The Peaveys can give you good punch from 50-200 Hz, and can allow the JBLs to play louder and cleaner in the rest of the register, but don&#039;t be tempted to go deep. Set the mls switches on the lab to -4dB, and gain/attenuate so that the limiter on the dbx kicks in around the -5 dB mark on the amp. You can easily run all three survivors of one channel of the LAB, it doesn&#039;t need all of the current reserves to handle the Peaveys. I think you can get replacement cones for the Peaveys, they are great little speakers if used right.EDIT: OH yeah, make sure the subsonics on the dbx is turned off and don&#039;t try to eq to get anything below 40-50 Hz, the autoeq on the driverack will try to compensate for the lack of response below 50, don&#039;t let it, readjust those bands after auto-eq if you use it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Per SÃ¸vik, post: 84485, member: 1285"] Re: out of my depth If you are referring to the FH1 W-bins, they are not really subs as we think of subs today and will not survive any power below a sensibly high-passed kick-drum. The LAB300 will easily overpower them. The sound you heard could either be the drivers bottoming out or the already damaged and sticking coil occasionally moving when given enough power. Survival of the remaining three would depend on a high pass no lower than 40Hz (preferrably higher for max power applications) and avoiding the temptation to outrun or even keep up with the JBLs. The Peaveys can give you good punch from 50-200 Hz, and can allow the JBLs to play louder and cleaner in the rest of the register, but don't be tempted to go deep. Set the mls switches on the lab to -4dB, and gain/attenuate so that the limiter on the dbx kicks in around the -5 dB mark on the amp. You can easily run all three survivors of one channel of the LAB, it doesn't need all of the current reserves to handle the Peaveys. I think you can get replacement cones for the Peaveys, they are great little speakers if used right. EDIT: OH yeah, make sure the subsonics on the dbx is turned off and don't try to eq to get anything below 40-50 Hz, the autoeq on the driverack will try to compensate for the lack of response below 50, don't let it, readjust those bands after auto-eq if you use it. [/QUOTE]

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